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This. Accepting your stutter and talking about it with the people around you was the best thing I could do back in my 20’s. Once you I did this, the pressure when talking goes away and even if you fee...

It’s shocking, really. Imagine people in a professional environment making fun of blind people, deaf people, people in wheelchairs, or those with cancer. They’d probably be fired. Yet, stuttering and ...

> They sometimes reenact a scene of me struggling to say a word. That's so fucked up honestly. No one has done that to me since 9th grade. I have good friends who never even mention my stutter an...

Yeah, add to that when people just say "slow down", and when you finally get over your block they look at you like "wow he's stupid why doesn't he understand he just needs to slow down", while they di...

It's remarkable how certain disabilities are similar to each other in certain aspects, but the public/media treat them in different ways....

Stuttering is one of the rare disabilities that can be so incredibly difficult but at the same be stigmatized, minimized and invalidated by most people around you. It stems from the inability for flu...

Courage, my friend . Keep in mind that you're not alone . Some people still find it funny to joke about or laugh at you, it's just disappointing when sometimes you see adults behaving in such a way ...

>they actually asked me if i had any type of disability and I basically said "well, i do have a stutter. I've had it my entire life and it is not related to nervousness" and I still remember her re...

Yes you hit the nail right on the head about the jokes thing. Super annoying. There are over 70 million people who have to same situation as you, so just remember that you are not alone. Good luck and...

You put it perfectly. It's pretty exhausting when people say things like "yea I stutter sometimes when I'm nervous or tired", as if to downplay what people with stutters experience. Just remember that...

That's good to hear! Sadly many don't consider stuttering a disability. I remember an interview i had many years ago where they actually asked me if i had any type of disability and I basically said ...

I regret not going into something more technical like engineering or tech, honestly. I'm in the corporate finance world where verbally schmoozing with the higher-ups and getting them to favor you inte...

stuttering sucks so much

stuttering sucks so much I stutter my whole life, and I still cant get used to it. I hate how I dont even "stutter" but I do that thing which sounds like "o-o-oo-u" and cant breath anymore, people are...

Was this in the US? From what I'm seeing it seems that making fun of stuttering is the norm there. That is so disturbing to here because from my experience Americans are very talkative and friendly. O...

I just kind of had an emotional breakdown at a public setting today.

I just kind of had an emotional breakdown at a public setting today. So I got made fun of my stutter today. After many many years. In a public setting which is my worst nightmare. And these aren't eve...

1. Im not sure if there is anything that could be said to shut down teasing. If anything, there needs to be more education in regards to accepting people with differences. I cant think of a single thi...

Speech Therapist Here with Questions for You to Help a Child Who Stutters

Speech Therapist Here with Questions for You to Help a Child Who Stutters 1. What is one line that a child could say to other kids who are teasing them about their stutter that would help shut down th...

You're going to have to develop some tough skin and tell folks "Yeah, I have a stutter". You don't have to be a jerk or anything, but accept that you have it. If you don't want to go down that route, ...

What bothers me the most is the "stuttering fool" thing...

I think the general idea of using various disabilities as put downs is a deep rooted thing in our culture. “Did I stutter?” “Are you blind??” “You must be mental” Etc. it’s something people don’t th...